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The Fetter surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,944 people carried this name — #8,392 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,837 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Fetter surname

A male surname from German.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fetter» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 460 people named Fetter live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 143
Entre Ríos 128
La Pampa 103
Santa Fe 54
City of Buenos Aires 12
Córdoba 10
Río Negro 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 177 people named Fetter.

18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Moselle.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 18
Moselle 71
Bas-Rhin 33
Corsica 12
Paris 8
Hauts-de-Seine 7
Meurthe-et-Moselle 6
Nord 4
Var 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

93 people named Fetter have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 123 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Greater Poland 25
Łódź 15
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 12
Pomeranian 12
Lower Silesian 11
West Pomeranian 6
Lesser Poland 5
Opole 4

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

Who carried it

People named Fetter,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Selena Fetter Royle
    Selena Fetter Royle 1860–1955 · stage actor
  • Jakub Fetter d. 1542
  • Gottfried Michael Fetter 1668–1732 · parson
  • Johann Gotthelf Fetter 1712–1775 · jurist
  • Josef Fetter 1794–1878
  • Georg Willem Vedlaar 1799–1838 · military personnel

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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